Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-01-23 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

NICHOLAS BERTHA

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery Sports Medicine

NPI
1760942288
CMS profile
11423055
Location
AURORA, CO

General Payments · PY2022–2024

$26,519.78

  • Reported across 35 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$25,927.18

31 records · 0 disputed

Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.

How these totals are calculated
  • The total is the sum of the General Payments records CMS published for the labeled program year(s), exactly as published. Nothing is estimated, weighted, or combined across categories.
  • General Payments only. Research and Ownership/Investment are separate datasets and are never summed with these figures; amounts are kept separate per program year.
  • Featured-page threshold (a presentation gate, not a judgment): records>=3 OR total>=100 (all years).
  • Methodology & Data — sourcing, labeling, and limitations.

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Grant $23,125.00 2
Travel and Lodging $1,688.35 3
Food and Beverage $1,113.83 26

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Arthrex, Inc. $21,059.70 15
Smith & Nephew, Inc. $3,320.68 3
Novus Surgical Consultants $1,049.37 4
Stryker Corporation $431.24 7
Vericel Corporation $49.87 1
MEDACTA USA, INC. $16.32 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2022 $444.55 3
PY2023 $148.05 1
PY2024 $25,927.18 31

Payment records · PY2024 (31)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2024 20222023 Record-level detail is published for PY2024; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Arthrex, Inc. $427.35 02/22/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146537570 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $427.35 02/23/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146537568 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $10.00 02/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146537574 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $10.00 02/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146537576 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $10.00 02/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146537578 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $10.00 02/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146537580 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $10.00 02/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146537582 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $45.00 02/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146537592 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $45.00 02/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146537594 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $30.00 02/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146537572 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $5.00 02/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146537584 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $10.00 02/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146537586 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $10.00 02/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146537588 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $10.00 02/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146537590 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $20,000.00 09/18/2024 Grant Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146537566 CMS
MEDACTA USA, INC. $16.32 09/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143693376 CMS
Novus Surgical Consultants $833.65 02/22/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125007323 CMS
Novus Surgical Consultants $164.53 02/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125007302 CMS
Novus Surgical Consultants $16.02 04/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125007331 CMS
Novus Surgical Consultants $35.17 05/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125007315 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $136.33 05/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149603792 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $59.35 05/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149603790 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $3,125.00 06/07/2024 Grant Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149603794 CMS
Stryker Corporation $32.90 02/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119776833 CMS
Stryker Corporation $52.05 02/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119776835 CMS
Stryker Corporation $94.07 02/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119776837 CMS
Stryker Corporation $36.78 02/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119776839 CMS
Stryker Corporation $30.46 03/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119776841 CMS
Stryker Corporation $37.06 08/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119776843 CMS
Stryker Corporation $147.92 08/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119776845 CMS
Vericel Corporation $49.87 06/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128575882 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-01-23
Program years on this page
2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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